Rebels' Missiles Wreck Colombian Police Station

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October 29, 1998

BOGOTA, Colombia - Leftist rebels used home-made missiles to destroy a police station in an attack on a town in northeast Colombia that left at least 16 combatants dead, authorities said Wednesday. The assault by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia on Hacari, in Norte de Santander province, began late Tuesday and raged into the early hours of Wednesday. A police spokesman said two police agents and six soldiers died. At least eight rebel fighters were also killed in the clash, according to the police.